QIE Machinery

Sunflower Oil Processing Plant Turnkey Project

QIE Machinery

Sunflower Oil Processing Plant Turnkey Project

Sunflower Oil Mill Plant

We are dedicated to providing top-quality sunflower oil mill plants that deliver exceptional performance. Our innovative technology and commitment to excellence make us the ideal partner for your oil production needs. We supply the sunflower oil mill plant with capacity 50-3000TPD. Sunflower seeds are shelled oil seeds with an oil content of 22-40%. Sunflower oil is an increasingly popular edible oil and one of the most important edible oils in European countries. Therefore, more and more people are willing to build sunflower oil production lines.

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QIE

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Raw Material
Sunflower Seed

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Capacity
50-3000TPD

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Sunflower Oil Mill Plant

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Concrete Designs of Sunflower Oil Mill Plant Process

Seeds Cleaning

Sunflower seeds need to be cleaned before entering the production line to remove impurities such as leaves, branches, deflated seeds, and empty shells. This can be done with equipment such as vibrating screens, magnetic separators, stone removers, etc. Removing impurities can improve the purity of sunflower oil.

Shelling & Crushing

After cleaning, sunflower seeds need to be shelled and crushed. The shells are crushed to release the kernels. The kernels are then crushed to break the sunflower seeds into smaller particles. This will increase the oil yield during the oil extraction process.

Rolling & Steaming

After crushing, the sunflower seeds are rolled in a press, which speeds up the oil yield. After that, the sunflower seeds are steamed using steam, adjusting the temperature of heating and the time of steaming. Adjust the heating temperature and cooking time to soften the kernel for subsequent oil extraction.

Pressing & Extraction

After steaming, the sunflower seeds enter the oil press for pressing. Pressing is divided into hot pressing and cold pressing. The press extracts the oil from the sunflower seeds using high pressure and high temperature. The extracted crude oil contains impurities and sediments, which need to be further filtered and purified.

Solvent Extraction

The extraction method uses chemical solvents to dissolve the oil in sunflower seeds, and then evaporates the solvent by heating and evaporation to obtain the oil. This method has an oil yield of up to 99% and high production efficiency.The oil obtained by the extraction method is clear in color and has fewer impurities, which is suitable for a variety of food processing and cooking needs. Due to the high oil yield, the production cost of the extraction method is relatively low, and the price of the oil is more affordable.

Refining

Sunflower crude oil obtained from pressing usually also needs to undergo refining treatment, including hydration (degumming), alkaline refining (deacidification), decoloration, deodorization, and dewaxing steps. The impurities and off-flavors of sunflower oil are removed to further improve the quality and stability of the oil. After refining, sunflower oil can be sold in the market as finished oil.

Dewaxing

After sunflower oil is deodorized, some waxes will also remain. We can remove the waxes by lowering the temperature of the sunflower oil (usually to below 0°C). Sunflower oil is fed into a crystallization tank and cooled for 8 hours to crystallize and precipitate the waxy components of the oil. The waxes are then separated from the oil by filtration and other methods. This step improves the clarity and low-temperature fluidity of the oil. The final oil is premium sunflower oil, which can be consumed directly.

Packaging

After above processes, edible refined sunflower oil is produced and can be sale in the market. Generally, edible oil can be packed in PET barrels, glass bottles, tin barrels and so on. Nowadays, cooking oil is generally packaged in PET, which requires low cost and is environmentally friendly. Finished soybean oil packaging machines can be selected according to the output of soybean oil processing plant.

sunflower Oil Pressing Process

In sunflower oil production, the choice between mechanical pressing and solvent extraction depends on factors like plant capacity. For the sunflower oil mill plants under 50 TPD capacity, the mechanical screw oil pressing is ok. For the oil mill plants with a capacity above 50 TPD, The solvent extraction method is used together with a mechanical press.

ZY338 Screw Oil Press Machine

ZY338 Screw Oil Press Machine

sunflower oil solvent extraction process

The sunflower oil solvent extraction plant is part of the sunflower oil processing plant, which is designed to extract oil directly from pressed sunflower oil. After the sunflower oil solvent extraction plant, the residual oil content in the sunflower oil is less than 1%. The pretreated sunflower flakes are sent to the sunflower solvent extraction plant. The plant uses a type of solvent (normal hexane) to absorb the sunflower oil, and then machines separate the solvent from the crude sunflower oil. The solvent is used for recycling, and the crude sunflower oil is refined in an oil refinery plant.

Pressed cake→Solvent extraction system→D.T.D.C system→Condenser system→Recovery system→Crude sunflower oil

sunflower oil solvent extraction system

sunflower oil solvent extraction system

using N-hexane to react with puffing sunflower materials, then you can get two parts: the mixture of solvents and oil called miscella oil and the mixture of solvents and meal called wet meal.

D.T.D.C system

D.T.D.C system

    D.T.D.C means desolventizer, toaster, dryer and cooler, which is mainly used to separate the solvents from the wet meal, then the dried meal will be sent to meal silo for storage.

Miscella oil evaporation system

Miscella oil evaporation system

since miscella oil contains solvents, we need to separate the solvents from the crude sunflower oil by first evaporation, second evaporation and stripping tower, then we can condensate the oil and pump it into a crude oil tank, and you can choose to sell the crude oil to the refinery factory or you can set up a sunflower oil refinery plant by yourself.

Solvents condensing and recovery system

Solvents condensing and recovery system

Usually producing one ton crude sunflower oil through the sunflower oil solvent extraction method needs around 4kg solvents. Considering of cost-effectives and environmental protection, we add this system to recycle the solvents by condensing it and collecting it for reuse.

Crude Sunflower Oil Refining Process

Refining is essential to improve the oil’s taste, smell, color, and stability, ensuring it meets market standards. sunflower oil refining plants can be tailored for first and second-grade oil production. The total refinery plant contains refining pot, decolorizing pot, deodorizing pot, steam generator, heat conduction furnace, etc.

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Batch Oil Refinery Line 1-20TPD

Batch Oil Refinery Line 1-20TPD

Batch oil refinery is one of the main kinds of oil refinery methods, which is suitable for various vegetable and animal oils, such as sunflower oil, peanuts oil, sunflower oil, rape seeds oil, cottonseeds oil, coconut oil, palm oil, niger seeds oil, rice bran oil, fish oil, seal oil, etc. It is suitable for small capacity, 1TPD to 20TPD, which contains Degumming, Neutralizing, Decolorization and Deodorization section. As a result, it can also be called small edible oil refinery unit.

Continuous Oil Refinery Plant >30TPD

Continuous Oil Refinery Plant >30TPD

Continuous Type Oil Refinery Plant is recommended against the batch refining for higher capacity plants above 30 tons per day and for oils containing higher FFA content. This process line is bit expensive than batch oil refinery process but it provides superior quality refined oil along with automation system and low processing cost. It is also a large edible oil refinery unit.

Semi-Continuous Oil Refinery 10-50TPD

Semi-Continuous Oil Refinery 10-50TPD

The semi-continuous oil refinery process design is based on batch type but higher than batch type. Semi-continuous oil refinery process needs less investment cost. The semi-continuous oil refinery capacity can be designed according to customer requirement. It's suitable for the middle type oil refinery plant from 10TPD to 50TPD. So it is also called middle scale oil refinery unit.

What capacity can QIE Machinery offer

What capacity can QIE Machinery offer?

1TPD,2TPD, 3TPD, 5TPD,10TPD,15TPD, 20TPD, 30TPD (batch Design)
15TPD,20TPD.30TPD;(semi-Continuous Design)30TPD ,50TPD,100TPD,200TPD,400TPD (continuous Design)

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Global Case Study

With decades of expertise,QIE Machinery has successfully installed sunflower oil production lines worldwide, serving customers in over 100 countries. Our extensive product portfolio includes sunflower oil and sunflower protein production solutions, as well as customized solutions for specific capacities ranging from small-scale operations to large conglomerate production facilities.

Whether in Asia, Europe, the Americas or Africa, our equipment is tailored to meet local market needs and production challenges. We operate worldwide and customer satisfaction is at the heart of every project we undertake. From initial consultation and design to installation and after-sales service, QIE Machinery ensures that every solution meets the highest standards of quality and efficiency.

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Edible Oil Refining Project In China

Edible Oil Refining Project In China

100TPD Edible Oil Refinery Plant is installed in Hubei Province, China. We do planning, designing and manufacturing, installation & commissioning of edible oil refinery plant.

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Cottonseed Oil Production Line In Uzbekistan

Cottonseed Oil Production Line In Uzbekistan

It includes 150TPD cottonseed and sunflower pre-treatment line, 100TPD solvent extraction line, 60TPD oil refining line and 60TPD oil dewaxing line.

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Copra Oil Production Line in Indonesia

Copra Oil Production Line in Indonesia

This copra oil project is located in Indonesia.It takes the press process to get coconut oil.

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CottonSeed Oil Production Line In Azerbaijan

CottonSeed Oil Production Line In Azerbaijan

This project is located in Azerbaijan. It includes 100TPD cottonseed pre-treatment, pre-press, solvent extraction and oil refinery.

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Frequently Asked Questions of Sunflower Oil Mill Plant

20 tons/day (no dewaxing): 30 × 12 × 8 meters (L×W×H) .​
20 tons/day (with dewaxing): 48 × 12 × 8 meters (L×W×H) .​
100 tons/day: 32 × 12 × 8 meters (main workshop) + 8 × 12 × 11 meters (auxiliary) .​
Suppliers offer custom designs if you have limited space .

Yes, but with limits:
Multi-functional screw presses handle sunflower seeds, soybeans, peanuts, and cottonseeds .
Suppliers recommend processing no more than 3 seed types to avoid cross-contamination and equipment adjustment delays .

Sunflower meal: High-protein feed for livestock (contains 30–40% protein) .​
Sunflower shells: Converted to clean fuel (pellets or biomass) .​
Lecithin: Extracted during refining as a food additive or emulsifier .​
Waxes: Collected during dewaxing for cosmetics or industrial uses .

In more than 50 tons per day, large scale sunflower oil mill plant, four workshops are step by step to make sunflower oil. Let me explain for you. These four workshops are sunflower seeds pretreatment and pressing workshop, sunflower oil solvent extraction workshop, crude sunflower oil refinery and dewaxing workshop, and sunflower oil filling workshop. And then bottled or barreled sunflower oil can be sold in the supermarket.

Large scale sunflower oil mill plant can produce not only high quality sunflower oil, but also large amount of sunflower oil, because of the solvent extraction technology can extract oil from pressed cakes. What's more, such full-automatic sunflower oil production line will make the residual oil rate least. So, setting up a large scale sunflower oil mill plant is a good choice, if you have enough budget.

Sunflower oil is one of the highly demanded oil around the world. It has been preferred by many people because of the sweet aroma and good smell.

The main process of sunflower oil making machine
1. Sunflower oil mill plant—— Sunflower oil pretreatment & pre-pressing machine
2. Sunflower oil mill plant—— Sunflower oil solvent extraction plant
3. Sunflower oil mill plant—— Sunflower oil refinery plant

Sunflower oil is a common vegetable oil extracted from sunflower seeds. The sunflower oil production process includes cleaning, shelling, kernel separation, cooking, pressing, filtering, extracting, refining, and packing.

sunflower oil extraction process mainly includes the following 6 steps: cleaning, husking, flaking, cooking, pressing and maybe filtering.
There will be sunflower oil processing machines need to be equipped: cleaning machine, husking machine, flaking machine, cooking machine,husking machine, pressing machine filtering machine.

Sunflower oil is a type of vegetable oil produced from sunflower seeds, which are rich in unsaturated fatty acids such as linoleic acid and have various nutritional values. Generally, the oil content of whole sunflower seeds is about 45%, and the average density of sunflower oil is about 0.92 kg/L. Therefore, depending on the different oil production methods, the amount of sunflower seeds required to produce one liter of sunflower oil is approximately 2-2.5 kg.

Sunflower oil is a special oil, the demand of which is very large. And the oil content of sunflower seeds is about 45%, belonging to high oil content oil seeds, suitable for pressing. Because sunflower oil demand is large and there are many countries growing sunflower in abundance, many clients want to start a sunflower oil processing factory. Here, QIE Machinery tell you something about what preparations are required before processing sunflower oil.

1.Get a good business proposal plan
2.Find start-up funds
3.Look for a good location
4.Acquire sunflower oil processing machine

Sunflower Oil Mill Plant

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